{"id":16524,"date":"2025-05-06T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/japans-former-emperor-akihito-to-be-hospitalized-for-heart-tests-nhk-reports\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:02:32","slug":"japans-former-emperor-akihito-to-be-hospitalized-for-heart-tests-nhk-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/japans-former-emperor-akihito-to-be-hospitalized-for-heart-tests-nhk-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s former Emperor Akihito to be hospitalized for heart tests, NHK reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabron6h000v27ql65mg5w12@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Japan\u2019s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted to hospital for heart tests on Tuesday, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing the Imperial Household Agency.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabrraoc00063b6m8ta9o78j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Akihito, 91, who is retired, is the father of Emperor Naruhito. He abdicated from the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019, seven years after he had heart bypass surgery.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabv45hf0000356m1dbmf34l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The former emperor will undergo tests at the University of Tokyo Hospital after signs of myocardial ischemia were found during a regular checkup last month, NHK reported, citing the Imperial Household Agency. The condition reduces blood flow to the heart muscle.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabrraoc00083b6m5vc86lsc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Akihito, who ascended to the throne after his father, Hirohito, died in 1989, became the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to abdicate his post.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabviujy000c356m4rl8z26v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            He cited health reasons for standing down, having undergone heart surgery and been treated for prostate cancer in the years preceding his abdication.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabviujy000d356mt5gtxnlt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A man prepared to break with tradition, Akihito was the first Japanese emperor to marry a commoner, speak to his subjects live on television, and be hands-on in raising his children.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmabviujy000e356m0rud3ad5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The emperor is a ceremonial but revered figure in Japan\u2019s constitutional monarchy. It is the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world, dating back 14 centuries.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted to hospital for heart tests on Tuesday, public&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}